The 2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organized by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in the United States, from 21 and 30 April 2000.
Honduras won the tournament with a 2–1 final win over the United States. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Australia as CONCACAF representatives. Qualification
All 41 CONCACAF nations entered the competition, and with the hosts United States qualifying automatically, the other 40 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining five spots in the final tournament. First round: A total of 12 teams played home-and-away over two legs in six ties. The six winners advanced to the second round. Second round: A total of 14 teams played home-and-away over two legs in seven ties. The seven winners advanced to the third round. Third round: A total of 11 teams were divided into two groups of four (Group A and B) and one group of three (Group C). In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of three matches per team in Group A and B; two for Group C. The top two teams in Group A and B; and winner of Group C of each of the six groups advance to the final round.
Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last)North America (hosts) Automatic 6th 1992 Third round – Group A winners 4th 1996 Runners-up (1984, 1996) (title holders) Third round – Group B winners 7th 1996 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976, 1988, 1996)Central America Third round – Group A runners-up 5th 1988 Winners (1968) Third round – Group B runners-up 2nd 1992 Third round – Group C winners 2nd 1964 Fourth place (1964) 1 Only final tournament.
Venue The matches were played in Hershey.
HersheyHersheypark StadiumCapacity: 16,000
Squads
Each team has to submit a list of 18-man (two players have to be goalkeepers).
Final round
Group D
Group E
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals The semi-final winners qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Third place play-off
Final
Final ranking
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1 (1904, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links RSSSF.com – Games of the XXVII. Olympiad | Football Qualifying Tournament